APPENDIX TO Vol. III. 933 



given, of all (laves deceafed fince the feizure wherein they were 

 comprehended". 



LI. We will, that, for avoiding expence and unneceffary delays, 

 the whole price of the lands and flaves, as fixed by the adjudication, 

 together with what may be produced by fale of the leafes, fhall be dif- 

 tributed among the creditors," according to the order of their rights, 

 and mortgages, without making any diftinftion between what arifcQ 

 from the fale of lands, and what accrues from the fale of the flaves. 



LII. Provided, that the feodal and feignorial dues fhall only be 

 paid in proportion to the proceeds of the land. 



LIII. It fliall not be lawful for the next of kin, or the feodal lords 

 to redeem the lands thus adjudged to another, unlefs they redeem the 

 flaves alfo, which paffed with the lands j nor for the perfon to whom 

 the eftate is adjudged to retain the flaves without the land. 



LIV. We enjoin guardians, whether nobles or commons, ufufru£lu- 

 aries, lefTees, and all others in poflefllon of lands, to which labouring 

 flaves are annexed, to govern the faid flaves as good fathers of fami- 

 lies [^r] ; they fliall be obliged, after their adminiflration is finiflied, to 

 account for the value of all fuch as have died, or whofe numbers have 

 been diminiflied by ficknefs, old age, or other means, not occafioned 

 through their fault or negleft ; and this too, without their being- 

 allowed to retain, for their own benefit, any children born of the 

 faid flaves during fuch adminiftration j which we hereby order to be 

 kept and furrendered up to thofe who are to become their mafliers 

 and proprietors. 



LV. Maders, having attained the age of twenty, may manumit 

 their flaves by any deed during their life-time, or by lafl; will and tef- 

 tament, without being obliged to affign any reafon for fuch enfran- 

 chlfement ; nor fhall they be under any neceflaty of confulting the 

 opinion of their parents thereupon, even although they may be under 

 the age of twenty -five. 



LVI. Slaves that are made univerfal legataries by their mafiers, or 

 are appointed tutors to their children, or named executors in their lafl: 



[t?] So -P/Z-y fays, " Servls, rcfpublica quidam et clvitas, domus ert." And Prifcus, fpeaking 

 of the uianner in which the Romans treated their flaves, " Eos deliaquentes q'lnji Jilios fwi 

 " caftigaiit." ^ 



wills. 



